Company is good, it haves good benefits and pay well, have newest technologies and they care about employees growth.

Cons

Workload is slow not a good fit for those that are use to be in hyper-mode all the time, management doesn't have direction and many of them don't understand what they do and what direction their IT departments haves, if you are about to retire is a great option not if you want to grow.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

you need some managers at low level that act more aggressively on high impact cases, basically someone to crack the wip to make things happen.

I worked at Sungard Availability Services full-time (more than 5 years)

Pros

People are friendly. Some departments have a good culture.

Cons

Lack of training for new technologies. Poor leadership. St mgrs try to sooth their own egos. Few raises in the time I worked there. In last 9 months they have laid off about 33% of the employees and replaced some with contractors as they prepare the company for sale.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Support your employees, train them, pay them and don't keep laying them off.

Good pay & benefits. Excellent place for workaholics and micro-managers. It's not the absolute worst place to work.

Cons

High employee "burn-out" rate. Horrible work/life balance. Extensive international outsourcing and skeleton domestic crew. No career path growth, no back-filling of past employees.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Implement employee advise / feedback. For years upper management has been engaging employees in "feel good" sessions, but discussions are just all talk. If you haven't already noticed your good talent is starting to formulate their exit strategies.

I worked at Sungard Availability Services full-time (more than 10 years)

Pros

Flexible schedule, could work at home, constantly changing technology kept the job very interesting. Enjoyed working closely with other employees and clients in building rapport. Company benefits were very good and compensation was decent.

Cons

Company went private in 2005. Big mistake. Investors had unrealistic financial expectations that were never met. Massive job cuts 4-5 years ago left company nowhere what it used to be. Office culture changed for the worse.